Jahangir Alam (born March 5, 1973, Narayanganj, Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 3 ODIs from 1997 to 1999. An opening batsman who could keep wickets if necessary, Jahangir Alam was ideally suited for one day cricket. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, though enormously successful in domestic arena, he failed to perform up to expectation at the international level.
Jahangir first came into prominence during the U-19 tour of Englan...
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Jahangir Alam (born March 5, 1973, Narayanganj, Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 3 ODIs from 1997 to 1999. An opening batsman who could keep wickets if necessary, Jahangir Alam was ideally suited for one day cricket. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, though enormously successful in domestic arena, he failed to perform up to expectation at the international level.
Jahangir first came into prominence during the U-19 tour of England in the summer of 1989. He started the tour with a hundred and continued to score consistently after that. his 132 against Wycombe was the highest score in the tour. In the process he shared a 210 run opening partnership with Javed Omar. Jahangir Alam scored 35 against Homestead & 40 against Wakeham Overall in 5 matches he scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80.
. In contrast, he was a big failure in the Asian U-19 Cup in Dec. 1989. His highest score of 38 in 4 mathces came against Sri Lanka at Chittagong.
Apart from this, his most successful...
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